The inflationary bias in a model of the open economy: A note

Economics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-178

  Guender, Alfred V ^a   McCaw, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discretionary monetary policy; E5; F4; Inflationary bias; Open economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386051     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00243-3     Document Type: Article

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